Type-writer for printing bulletins, &amp;c.



- No. 684,163. Patented Oct-8, i901.

F. E. ALLEN.

TYPE WRITER FDR P BINTING BULLETINS, 81.6.

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No. 684,|63. Patented Oct. l8, 190|.

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No. 684,!63. Patented Oct. 8, |90I.

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FREDERICK E. ALLEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TYPE-WRITER FOR PRINTING BULLETINS, ete'.

srEcIFIcATIoN forming pm of Letters Patent No. 684,163, lated october s, 1901.

Application filed March 5, 1900. Serial No. 7,334. (No model.)

To @ZZ .whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E, ALLEN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Writers for Printing Bulletins, dro., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to type-writers; .and its general object is to provide a power-operated machine of this type suitable for printing bulletins, placards, and the like in characters large enough to be read at adistance.

Theinvention consists in the improvements which I shall now proceed to describe and claim. Y

Ofthe accompanyingdrawings,Figurelrepresents a plan viewof a type-writer constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a right-hand side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a left-hand side elevation. Fig. 4 represents a front elevation. Fig. 5 represents a vertical section ofthe lowerpart. Fig. 6 represents a horizontal section on the line 6 G of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 representsa median transverse vertical section. Fig. Srepresents a section on line 8 S of Fig. 2. Fig.v 9 represents a perspective view showing the typelevers and presser. Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13 represent views in side elevation and section of a type-lever and its actuating mechanism, showingdifferentpositionsoftheparts. Figs. 14 and 15 represent detail horizontal sections above the types, showing successive positions assumed by the types in approaching and receding from retracted position. Fig. 16 rep resents a side elevation of the presser, partly broken away. Fig. 17 represents a vertical section of the adjustment for the presser. Fig. 18 represents a plan View of the presser. Fig. 19 represents a vertical section of the platen and apron-guiding rolls. Fig. 20lrepresents a perspective view of one end of the carriage. Fig. 21 represents a vertical section ot' the brake for the Web-feed. Fig. 22 represents a detail perspective View, partly broken away, of the clip for attaching the web to the apron. Fig. 23 represents atransverse sectional view of said clip. Fig. 24 represents a perspective view of the carriagefeed mechanism. Fig. 25 represents alongitudinal vertical sectional View thereof. Fig. 26 represents a transverse section on the line kating the inker.

26 26 of Fig. 25. Fig. 27 represents a perspective view of the in ker and ink-plate. Fig. 28 represents an end view of the inkerstem. Fig. 29 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of the mechanism for actu- Fig. 30 represents a transverse vertical sectional View of parts shown in Fig. 27. Fig. 31 represents a longitudinal sectional View of the inker-stem. Fig. 32 represen ts a sectional view of the carriage-driving gearing. Fig. 33 represents a perspective view showing the type-stripper-actuating mechanism. Fig. 34C represents a perspective view of one of the carriage-gages. Fig. 35 represents a plan View of the front part of the carriage.

The saine reference characters indicate the same parts in all the gures.

The machine herein illustrated and described as constituting an embodiment of my invention has, brietly stated, the following characteristics: For the purpose of carrying the type-levers from their normal retracted positions toward their printing positions a continuously-reciprocated actuator is provided, and each type-lever has a latch operated by a key, which upon being depressed th rows the latch into the path of the actuator and causes the type-lever to be moved toward its printing position upon the next forward stroke of the actuator. The printing is done by direct contact of the types with the face of the web or sheet to be printed upon, and prior to the contact of each type with said Web its face is inked by an inking device. The type is then engaged by a presser and moved against the surface of the web to deposit its imprint. The parts are then retracted in time for another character to be operated upon the next stroke of the actuator. The types themselves are movable on the type-levers and are so arranged that in their retracted positions they lie substantially parallel to the plane in which the type-lever moves and are caused to assume a position transverse to said plane when the type-lever moves toward printing position. The types are also removable from their levers by means of a novel type-changing mechanism, whereby one set ot' types may be removed and another substituted. This gives an opportunity for using diierent styles or different sizes of types and different-col- IOO 

